World Karate Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1970 World Karate Championships	Tokyo	JPN	10 – 13 October 1970	2	4	4
1972 World Karate Championships	Paris	FRA	21 – 22 April 1972	2	4	6
1975 World Karate Championships	Long Beach	USA	—	2	3	4
1977 World Karate Championships	Tokyo	JPN	—	2	4	7
1980 World Karate Championships	Madrid	ESP	27 – 30 November 1980	10	35	9
1982 World Karate Championships	Taipei	TPE	21 – 25 November 1982	13	48	14
1984 World Karate Championships	Maastricht	NED	21 – 25 November 1984	13	46	15
1986 World Karate Championships	Sydney	AUS	21 – 25 November 1986	15	45	19
1988 World Karate Championships	Cairo	EGY	—	16	45	11
1990 World Karate Championships	Mexico City	MEX	8 – 11 November 1990	16	50	15
1992 World Karate Championships	Granada	ESP	19 – 22 November 1992	16	44	16
1994 World Karate Championships	Kota Kinabalu	MAS	8 – 11 December 1994	16	46	19
1996 World Karate Championships	Sun City	RSA	7 November 1994 – 11 November 1996	17	50	19
1998 World Karate Championships	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	15 – 18 October 1998	17	67	18
2000 World Karate Championships	München	GER	12 – 15 October 2000	17	75	17
2002 World Karate Championships	Madrid	ESP	21 – 24 November 2002	17	88	26
2004 World Karate Championships	Monterrey	MEX	18 – 21 November 2004	17	86	24
2006 World Karate Championships	Tampere	FIN	12 – 15 October 2006	17	77	29
2008 World Karate Championships	Tokyo	JPN	13 – 16 November 2008	17	98	25
2010 World Karate Championships	Belgrade	SRB	27 – 31 October 2010	16	102	27
2012 World Karate Championships	Paris	FRA	21 – 25 November 2012	16	101	20
2014 World Karate Championships	Bremen	GER	5 – 9 November 2014	16	101	19
2016 World Karate Championships	Linz	AUT	25 – 30 October 2016	16	105	26
2018 World Karate Championships	Madrid	ESP	6 – 11 November 2018	16	106	27
2021 World Karate Championships	Dubai	UAE	16 – 21 November 2021	16	107	25
2023 World Karate Championships	Budapest	HUN	24 – 29 October 2023	16	108	27
2025 World Karate Championships	Cairo	EGY	27 – 30 November 2025	12	48	30

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Japan	JPN	99	57	61	217
2	France	FRA	59	45	71	175
3	Spain	ESP	25	31	75	131
4	Great Britain	GBR	24	19	16	59
5	Italy	ITA	21	39	68	128
6	Turkey	TUR	14	13	36	63
7	Egypt	EGY	13	12	30	55
8	Iran	IRI	11	10	25	46
9	Netherlands	NED	10	11	19	40
10	Germany	GER	9	13	32	54
11	Azerbaijan	AZE	8	5	7	20
12	United States	USA	6	11	21	38
13	Brazil	BRA	5	5	7	17
14	England	ENG	5	4	9	18
15	Serbia	SRB	5	2	7	14
16	Greece	GRE	4	4	5	13
17	Venezuela	VEN	4	3	13	20
18	Finland	FIN	4	3	8	15
19	Croatia	CRO	3	4	13	20
20	Australia	AUS	3	4	12	19
21	Russia	RUS	3	4	7	14
22	Sweden	SWE	3	4	6	13
23	Mexico	MEX	2	3	4	9
24	China	CHN	2	3	1	6
25	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	2	9	13
26	Austria	AUT	2	1	6	9
27	Jordan	JOR	2	0	2	4
28	Georgia	GEO	2	0	1	3
=	Uzbekistan	UZB	2	0	1	3
30	Norway	NOR	1	5	4	10
31	Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	3	10	14
32	Chinese Taipei	TPE	1	3	7	11
33	Slovakia	SVK	1	2	8	11
34	Switzerland	SUI	1	2	6	9
35	Vietnam	VIE	1	2	0	3
36	Chile	CHI	1	1	2	4
=	Hong Kong	HKG	1	1	2	4
38	Netherlands Antilles	AHO	1	1	1	3
39	Senegal	SEN	1	1	0	2
40	Benin	BEN	1	0	1	2
41	Estonia	EST	1	0	0	1
=	Poland	POL	1	0	0	1
=	South Africa	RSA	1	0	0	1
44	Hungary	HUN	0	5	3	8
45	Ukraine	UKR	0	3	9	12
46	Canada	CAN	0	3	5	8
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	2	5	7
48	Morocco	MAR	0	2	3	5
49	Malaysia	MAS	0	2	2	4
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	2	2	4
51	Peru	PER	0	1	8	9
52	Belgium	BEL	0	1	4	5
=	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
54	Bulgaria	BUL	0	1	2	3
=	Kosovo	KOS	0	1	2	3
56	Czech Republic	CZE	0	1	1	2
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	1	1	2
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	1	1	2
=	Montenegro	MNE	0	1	1	2
=	North Macedonia	MKD	0	1	1	2
61	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	1	0	1
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	1	0	1
63	Neutral Participant	NEU	0	0	5	5
64	Algeria	ALG	0	0	3	3
65	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	0	2	2
=	Indonesia	INA	0	0	2	2
=	Romania	ROU	0	0	2	2
=	Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	0	2	2
69	Argentina	ARG	0	0	1	1
=	Armenia	ARM	0	0	1	1
=	Colombia	COL	0	0	1	1
=	Curaçao	CUR	0	0	1	1
=	Latvia	LAT	0	0	1	1
=	Paraguay	PAR	0	0	1	1
=	Philippines	PHI	0	0	1	1
=	Portugal	POR	0	0	1	1
=	Scotland	SCO	0	0	1	1
=	Singapore	SGP	0	0	1	1
=	Slovenia	SLO	0	0	1	1